Vegetable-slicer



A. E. RUSSELL.

VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23,1920- l 37 fi io Patented May 31 1921..

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VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23,1920.

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ATTORNEYS.

A. E. RUSSELL.

VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT,23, 1920.

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VEGETABLE-SLICER.

Application filed September 23, 1920. Serial No. 412,313.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, ANNA E. RUssnLL, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Vegetable-Slicer, of which the following is a specification.

I This invention has for its object a particularly simple and efiicientvegetable cutter or slicer by means of which vegetables such as potatoescan be sliced, one way for German fried potatoes or in two directionsinto long blocks for French fried potatoes or in three directions intocubes.

This invention further has a particularly simple and efficientconstruction by which the vegetables are held while being sliced and arequickly released after being sliced. The-invention consists in the novelfeatures and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forthand claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate correspondin parts in allthe views. T

Tlglll 1 is a plan. view of a preferable form of my vegetable cutter.

Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, one of the knives being shown aselevated and the other as in an intermediate position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the pins for holding the vegetableson the table as projected upwardly above the table and both knives swungdownwardly into their assumed position after cutting the vegetables.

This vegetable cutter comprises, generally, a table, means for holdingthe vegetables on the table and two gangs of knives movable toward andfrom the table and arranged to cut at a right angle to each other.

1 designates the table which is supported in any suitable manner as onpillars or legs 2.

The table is here shown as formed with holes 3, these holes beingarranged in rows in two directions other, that is,.they are arranged inrows extending lengthwise of the table and rows extending transverselyof the table; the table is also formed with transverse and longitudinal,grooves 4 and 5, one set of grooves as 5 being deeper than the grooves4, the deeper set being of greater depth than the width of the knivesmovable thereinto, plus the depth of the other grooves these knivesbeing at a right angle to eachthe vegetables 4.- in order that after oneset of knives as the longitudinal set is brought downward through thevegetables and into the deeper grooves 5, the other set can also bebrought down into the shallower grooves 4. without striking theupperedges of the knives of the former set as shown in Fig. 3.

6 designates a knife frame carrying a set or gang of parallel knives 7which for convemence are called longitudinal knives, movable into thedeeper grooves 5, the frame 6 being hinged at 6 to a bracket 8 rojectingfrom the table.

9 is anot er knife frame carrying a set of parallel knives 10 which forconvenience are --called transverse knives, these knives Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented lt llay 31, 11921.,

being movable into the shallower grooves 1. I

the table during the cutting operation and for stripping the cutvegetables after the cutting operation, com rises a plurality of spikesor pins 17 movaffle through the rows of holes 3 between the knives 7, 10these pins 17 being here shown as carried'by a. head 1o movablevertically below the table and having cutouts in the corners thereofwhich move along the legs 2.

The head 18 is actuated verticallyin any suitable manner as by a lever19, fulcrumed at 20 to one of the legs 2 and having its intermediateportion pivoted at 21 to a rod or stem 22 dependin centrally from thetable head 18, this rod I eing uidedin a suitable guide 23 carried by Tos 24 extending inwardly from the legs 2.

Preferably, the lever 19 extends diagonally of the table, it beingpivoted to one leg.2 and extending through the slot 25 in the diagonallyopposite leg.

In operation, the knife frames 6 and 9 are raised, the lever 19operating to project the pins 17 above the surface of the tableandplaced on the pins; or the vegetables may be laid on the table, and thelever 19 operating to force the pins into the vegetable.

or slicing in one direction, as for German fried potatoes, one set ofknives are brought down through the vegetables but through thevegetables, the first knives thus carried by the frame 6 moving into thedeeper grooves and below the surface of the table and the second set ofknives 10 being brought down into the shallower grooves 4. The knifeframes are then lifted and the pins 17 withdrawn to strip the vegetablestherefrom by pressing downward on the lever 19.

For cutting the vegetable into cubes they are removed from the spikesafter slicing with both knives 9, 10 and are turned so that the slicesare arranged in horizontal position and one set of knives again broughtdown through the vegetables so that the sections of the vegetables arenot cubes.

This vegetable slicer is particularly advantageous in that vegetablescan be quickly sliced in any fashion and further in that it is simple inconstruction, consists of a small number of parts and readily cleaned.

What I claim is:

1. A vegetable cutter comprising a table,

. knives of the frames being arranged to pass between the rows of holeson the table, pins movable through the holes of the table, and means--for moving the pins vertically, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. A vegetable cutter comprising a table having a plurality of openings'therethrough arranged in rows in two directions at a right angle toeach other, a pair of knife frames movable toward and from thetable,substantially parallel knives carrled by the frames, the knives of oneframe being arranged at an angle to the knives of the other,

and the knives of the frames being arranged to pass between the rows ofholes in the table, pins movable through the holes of the table, andmeans for moving the pins vertically, the table being formed withgrooves for receiving the knives, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. A vegetable cutter comprising a table,

a plurality of pins movable through the table, the pins being arrangedin rows in two directions, means for moving the pins through the table,and gangs of knives movable toward and from the table, the knives of onegang being arranged at an angle to those of the other and said knivesbeing arranged out of alinement with the rows of pins and movablebetween the rows of pins, the table being formed with grooves at a rightangle to each other for receiving the knives, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

4. A vegetable cutter comprising a table having a plurality of openingstherethrough arranged in rows in two directions at a right angle to eachother, a pair of knife frames movable toward and from the table, theknives of one frame being arranged at an angle to the knivesof theother, and the knives of the frames being arranged to, pass between therows of holes on the table, pins movable through the holes of the table,and. means for moving the pins vertically, the table being formed withgrooves for receiving the knives, the grooves for receiving one set ofknives being deeper than the grooves for receiving the other set ofknives, the deeper grooves being of greater depth than the width of theknives plus the depth of the shallow grooves, substantially as and forthe purpose specified. g

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, inthe county of Onondaga, and Stateof New York, this

